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** Inspired by and based on the "Claimed-verse" by cjulina, who was gracious enough to let me play in her sandbox.**** PAY ATTENTION TO TAGS**

Life is dangerous for Thedas mages - especially for apostates in Kirkwall. A few years before the mage rebellion began in earnest, the Chantry issued a new mandate for caught apostates. They were to be killed, made Tranquil...or Claimed. The new Rite of Claiming binds a mage to the Templar who takes them, and forces them to submit to the Templar's will, for good or for ill. The reasoning for this new Rite - as dubious and given to grave abuses as it is - is that it provides a middle ground between the finality of death, and the complete erasure of a mage's self through Tranquility.

Templar Marion Hawke is opposed to the Claiming, but is forced by circumstances to reluctantly admit that it might be the only way to save Thedas' most defiant mage. This is the story of a reimagined Warrior!Hawke and her complicated relationship with a canon Anders, who she tries to rescue the only way she knows how. As Kirkwall slowly goes insane around them, they both wrestle with the ultimate question surrounding the choice to Claim him: can anything good ever come from evil?

Summary

A few years before the mage rebellion the Chantry issued a new mandate. Any apostate captured by the Templars would be subjected to one of three sentences: Death, Tranquility, or Claiming. If Claimed, a mage is forever tied to the Templar, forced to his will and whims, becoming little more than chattel. This is the tale of Cullen Rutherford and the mage which circumstance forced him to Claim.

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I've had several requests for other pairings set in my Claimed AU. These run parallel to but independent of that storyline. It's not necessary to read Claimed to understand these one-offs but I recommend you read at least the first chapter to understand the concepts of Claiming.